From: coolaidcb13@yahoo.com   
      
   You know, I've got mad love for the Dan, but I don't think this is   
   such an unusual observation. The first time I saw them, I left feeling   
   like... Why did I just spend a hundred dollars to see Don play with   
   that stupid little synthesizer??? The band was great... but the music   
   seemed to lack some soul that is present on the studio recordings. I   
   really wanted to see a stripped down band, with a lot more substance.   
   Most of all I wanted to see Don and Walt playing more. I didn't come   
   to see them chill on stage for an hour and change. Although that sure   
   was just keen.   
      
   Last time they came around here (a few months ago)... I just couldn't   
   bring myself to go catch the show. And trust me, I be the #1 fan in   
   the greater Tampa metro area. Their live shows just don't do it for   
   me... to me, its the coldest most sterile sounding........   
      
   Of couse, I am a very cynical person... but you guys have to know,   
   they don't really want to be on that stage... If they didn't want the   
   bread, they'd be in hiding. You can see the look in their eyes, its   
   like, "get me the fuck off this god damnned stage! I hate all these   
   god damnned drunkin' losers". As if it takes a person of subordinate   
   character to actually pay 100 dollars to see them kick it on stage   
   with that goofy synthesizer. Which would, of course, support their   
   position as the ULTIMATE cynics.   
      
   How'm I doin' here?   
      
   Peace & Chicken Grease   
      
   Cedric   
      
      
      
      
   On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:04:05 +0200, sofa    
   wrote:   
      
   >   
   >They didn't say it in Bonn, as far as I can remember, they complained   
   >about the rain and felt sorry for the audience (It was an open air   
   >concert, rain came down in buckets, the full 100 minutes). Some of my   
   >observations to the show. Of cours it was perfect again, not one wrong   
   >note, too perfect maybe. It is further from r & r than ever (yes I know   
   >it's never been r&r). What once was a band (in Rotterdam a couple of   
   >years ago it still was a sort of a band) has become a routine orchestra.   
   >   
   >Becker looked very very old to me, a gnome almost, had hardly a job on   
   >stage, most of the guitarwork done by Herington. Fagen's voice wasn't to   
   >good in my opinion. Leaving the vocals of Dirty Work to the choir wasn't   
   >really a succes, though the girls sing wonderful. And I don't understand   
   >why Fagen left the vocal part of Haitian Divorce to Becker.   
   >This was the 4th time I saw to a Steely Dan concert, I doubt whether   
   >there will ever be another Europenan tour, if so, I won't be there. I'll   
   >stick to the lp's and cd's.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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